Gallery: 15 pets with Guinness World Records

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Longest tongue: Puggy's tongue measures 4.5 inches long. The male Pekingese with a lives in Texas with his owner, Becky Stanford, who has to chop the dog's food into small pieces because his tongue is such a mouthful. The longest dog tongue on record belonged to a boxer named Brandy whose tongue was 17 inches long.

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Loudest purr: When Smokey is happy, everyone around him knows it. This gray tabby cat gained a place in the Guinness Book of Records with a purr that measured 67.7 decibels, but Smokey has been recorded on previous occasions with a 92.7-decibel purr, which is equivalent to the noise of a lawnmower or a hairdryer.Handout
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Smallest dog: The smallest living dog is Boo Boo, a long-haired female Chihuahua, who is just four inches tall and weighs in at a mere two pounds. She lives in Raceland, Ky., with her owner, Lana Elswick.Handout
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Longest cat: The 6-year-old feline from Reno, Nev., is the longest cat in the world. Stewie, a Maine Coon, measures 48.5 inches long from the tip of his nose to the end of his tail bone. (That's a little longer than 4 feet.)Handout
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Fastest skateboard ride: Tillman, an English bulldog, is the Tony Hawk of the dog world. He traveled a 100-meter stretch of parking lot in just 19.68 seconds during the 2009 X Games in Los Angeles, winning him a world record.Handout
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Most dogs skipping rope: Uchida Geinousha's 13 jumping dogs hold the world record for most dogs skipping rope.Handout
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Tallest dog: Giant George, is 1.09 metres. The Great Dane from Tucson, Ariz., holds two world records: tallest living dog and tallest dog ever.Handout
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Most flying discs caught: Rose, a 6-year-old Labrador retriever/border collie mix, can catch and hold onto up to seven flying discs — thrown separately — without dropping any of them. Owner Edward Watson says he noticed that once Rose got hold of a disc, she didn’t want to let go to catch the next one, and he eventually discovered her record-winning talent.Handout
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Balancing glass of water: Sweet Pea, an Australian shepherd/border collie, holds a couple of records: most steps walked down by a dog facing forward while balancing a 5-ounce glass of water (10 steps) and fastest 100 meters walked by a dog with a can balanced on its head (2 minutes and 55 seconds).Handout
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Tallest cat: Scarlett’s Magic, a Savannah cat, measures 17.1 inches from shoulder to toe. A Savannah cat is a hybrid domestic cat breed that’s a cross between a domestic cat and a serval, a wild cat native to Africa.Handout
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Oldest dog: Bluey, an Australian cattle dog, lived to be 29 years and 5 months of age. Les Hall of Victoria, Australia, got Bluey as a puppy in 1910, and the dog worked with cattle and sheep for nearly 20 years before being put to sleep on Nov. 14, 1939.Handout
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Highest jump: A greyhound named Cinderella May jumped 1.72 metres, the record for the highest jump cleared by a dog. Cindy, as her owners, Kate Long and Kathleen Conroy, call her — is more than just a world-famous high jumper; she’s also a R.E.A.D.-certified therapy dog.Handout
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First bionic leg implants: Oscar the cat is the first animal to have received two bionic leg implants. The bionic legs aren’t suited for an outside environment, so Oscar is now an indoor cat, and he’s surely grateful for his remaining eight lives.Handout
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No pup loves the chase balls more than 8-year-old golden retriever, Augie, who has successfully gathered and held five tennis balls in her mouth at the same time.Handout
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